Endoparasites of the Golden Grass Skink <i>Heremites auratus</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) (Squamata: Scincidae) from Turkey

YILDIRIMHAN H. S., SÜMER N., Bursey C. R., Yildiz M. Z., Eylek B., Kamran M. A., ...More

COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY, vol.88, no.1, pp.67-69, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 88 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1654/1525-2647-88.1.67
  • Journal Name: COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.67-69
  • Manisa Celal Bayar University Affiliated: No

Abstract

We examined 35 golden grass skinks Heremites auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Squamata: Scincidae), obtained from various locations in Turkey, for helminth parasites. We found 1 species of Cestoda, Mesocestoides sp., and 7 species of Nematoda: Parapharyngodon dogieli, Parapharyngodon lilfordi, Parapharyngodon psammodromi, Pharyngodon mamillatus, Spauligodon eremiasi, Spauligodon sp., and Thubunaea baylisi.